The time has come. In gearing up for next semester, whether you are getting ready to graduate or taking on the next step in your college career, finding, signing up for, and enrolling in classes is not the easiest thing in the world. There are many obstacles that seem to make their way into the process of finding the classes you need to take and won't graduate without.
Scheduling your Advisor Meeting
As soon as your advisor makes a Google Document or emails you with time slots for open meeting times, it always seems like the time you need has been taken, and your second option and third option are filled too… great.
The Advisor Meeting
You: “I think I should take class A, B, C, D and E this semester.”
Advisor: “Or you should take class Y, I, Q, P and X!”
Waiting For Your Enrollment Date
It always feels like an eternity, waiting for your enrollment date to show up on the calendar; let’s hope the only class you needed for graduating didn’t get taken.
Searching For Classes
There are a plethora of classes to sign up for at your university, and it is almost like a mind strategy game trying to find the ones that will actually count toward your degree.
The Research
Searching through the number of classes available, you do more research, from the school’s grade distribution data bank, to ratemyprofessor.com, to Googling “best classes to take at _______”, than you have in your entire college career.
Finding the Classes that Work
You found your classes and all you need is one more to fill out your semester to 15 credit hours; this feeling is beyond great, and you are even more excited for the following semester.
Oh No…
The class you needed, yeah, the one you saved until your last semester? All the seats are full and there is no room for your desperate butt to fill a desk.
The Panic
Here comes the kiss-a**ery, the brown-nosery, and if you are that desperate, the gift-givery. The most sincere email you have sent in your life has just been sent to Dr. Ineedyourclass.
Plan B
“What is the worst scenario if I do summer school?” “One more final… final lap wouldn’t be too bad!” “I always wanted to have the time to finish my minor!”
Success!
The professor emailed back, made a spot for your desperate self, and you can press "enroll" feeling relieved and ready to take on next semester.
